Florida child support

If you are a parent about to get a divorce, Florida’s Child Support Guidelines take the mystery out of “how” child support is calculated. What follows is a simplified explanation meant as an overview and not an exhaustive treatment on calculating child support; it may provide you a starting point in becoming informed about the issue.

Child support in Florida is established in Section 61.30, of the Florida Statutes. The Statute provides a framework, or Guidelines, to determine the financial obligation each parent has to their child or children. First, it provides a formula for arriving at your gross income by providing a list of what income will be taken into account. It also provides a list of acceptable deductions from that income. The result is your net income for purposes of child support. The calculation is performed on both parents’ income.

If you are a parent about to get a divorce, Florida’s Child Support Guidelines take the mystery out of “how” child support is calculated. What follows is a simplified explanation meant as an overview and not an exhaustive treatment on calculating child support; it may provide you a starting point in becoming informed about the issue.

Child support in Florida is established in Section 61.30, of the Florida Statutes. The Statute provides a framework, or Guidelines, to determine the financial obligation each parent has to their child or children. First, it provides a formula for arriving at your gross income by providing a list of what income will be taken into account. It also provides a list of acceptable deductions from that income. The result is your net income for purposes of child support. The calculation is performed on both parents’ income.

Florida law requires Parenting Plans for all divorcing couples with children starting October 1, 2008. Florida law divides parenting issues into three categories: parental responsibility, time sharing and support. This article examines the support section of a parenting plan.

Both parents have a legal requirement to support their children, regardless of the parents’ marital status. Florida has a formula to calculate child support in Florida Statute 61.30. The calculation involves using the total of both parents’ net monthly incomes and the chart in Florida Statute 61.30, to find the “guideline amount” of child support. This is the amount the court will presume is correct. It is the total amount that will be apportioned between the parents based on their incomes.